The last 2 days I have been working on a baby afghan for a friends grandson.  I finished it last night and am quite happy with how it turned...

My 100th afghan is complete! Shanna Cunning was the winner of this afghan and she chose to have a solid cream color using the brick stitch p...

A while ago, I decided I wanted to make up a new afghan pattern.  My grandma had given me one she made diagonally.  I thought it would be in...

 I'm trying to get rid of all the extra yarn I have hanging around the house, so I was able to complete a few blankets for  a Hospital i...

Ok, so after posting the winner of the 100th afghan and sending her 2 messages I have not received any response.  So, I have redrawn a new w...

It's funny how, in the world of crochet, you can learn a new stitch and work things with it for years and years and then find that ther...

Brick Stitch To practice this stitch, chain 40 Row 1: Work 3 double crochet in the 3rd chain from the hook, * skip 3 chains, 1 single...

And the winner of my 100th afghan is ..... Nadine!!!   Please leave a comment here, or email me at   craftingfriends4you@yahoo.com with the...

Blue & Yellow X Stitch Afghan Pattern  This pattern has been updated and can be found on this blog by clicking this link ...

Now that we have some basic stitches down, lets learn a few stitch patterns.  This first one is the X stitch.  Very simple!  Here are a few ...